When Mount Everest was first measured, it came in at 29,000 feet. But they released the figure of 29,002 feet, to prevent people thinking that it was just an es

When Mount Everest was first measured, it came in at 29,000 feet. But they released the figure of 29,002 feet, to prevent people thinking that it was just an estimate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#Discovery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Everest#Discovery